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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Detailed Summary & Analysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Santiago give the boy about the boat he is now working on?
(a) Stay there while the luck is still working for that boat.
(b) Save money and buy that boat.
(c) Come back and go fishing with him.
(d) Leave the boat before its luck runs out.

2. Why does Santiago always dream about lions?
(a) He dreams about lions eating a huge fish they catch.
(b) Lions make him feel strong and brave.
(c) He has always loved cats because they like fish.
(d) They are something he saw from a ship off the coast of Africa when he was a boy.

3. What assistance for the old man does the boy try to get?
(a) He tries to get better bait for Santiago.
(b) He tries to get his mother to make food for Santiago.
(c) He tries to get a new sail for Santiago's boat.
(d) He tries to get the boat he is now on to go far out near the old man.

4. Why does Santiago drink his morning coffee slowly?
(a) It is all he will have until he returns that night.
(b) He cannot afford another cup of coffee.
(c) It has too much sugar and condensed milk in it.
(d) It is too hot.

5. What is the one thing not beautiful about the Mako shark?
(a) His color.
(b) His jaws.
(c) His dorsal fin.
(d) His movements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old man do to prepare for the arrival of the shark?

2. What does Santiago do when another fish takes the bait on another line?

3. How does Hemingway use Joe DiMaggio's injury to show Santiago's limited education?

4. After he finally gets to the shack and puts down the mast, what does Santiago find?

5. By nightfall of the third day, what does Santiago expect to see?

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